Connected to Place looks at place-based systems change as a real-world solution to our growing environmental and social crises. Distilling lessons from a thirty-year career in the social sector, Matt Biggar offers a practical guide to creating conditions for societal transformation. He presents a vision that reorients people's daily lives around their neighborhoods and communities, and he shows us how we can get there.

When thinking about place-based systems change, many questions arise. What systems do we change? How do we change them? What outcomes are we seeking? In

Connected to Place, Biggar answers these questions for advocates, planners, policymakers, educators, and others interested in systems change. Readers will learn about the ideas, tools, and pathways imperative to creating lasting, regenerative change. By reframing our approach to social progress, Connected to Place outlines the way toward rebuilding connection with nature and local community and revitalizing local and regional economies.

The book is published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"An important book, full of stories about communities that have figured out better paths. Read it and breathe!" (Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun)

"A compelling analysis of the growing disconnectedness that lies at the root of our biggest challenges and a clear path forward to reverse it." (Seth Kaplan, author of Fragile Neighborhoods)

"This remarkable book serves as a clarion call for regeneration—and offers a pathway to get there." (Scott D. Sampson, California Academy of Sciences)